Mohammad Saqib

• Responsible for leading financial reporting for company's portfolio of partnerships.
• Weekly monitoring of revenue profile and cash collection across portfolio of clients.
• Preparation of quarterly management accounts in respect of portfolio of clients and responsibility for preparation of Board reporting.
• Review and submission of quarterly VAT Returns for portfolio of Business Improvement Districts.
• Ensuring all company records are up to date at Companies House and fully compliant with HMRC regulations.
• Preparation of final year-end accounts in respect of each partnership across portfolio of clients.
• Prepare year-end file for auditor and assist with Audit queries.
• Line managing one Finance Assistant who will be responsible for data input, bookkeeping, and day-to-day ledger Management.
• Complete month-end closing process; ensuring cash book balances are accurately reconciled.
• Establish and maintain financial policies, procedures, and ledger structure for company.
• Consolidation of income statement, cash-flow and balance sheet on quarterly basis.
• Managing all Finance and Tax processes for all entities within group.
• Responsible for systems review and implementation of processes.
• Maintenance of KPI reporting tool, Power BI, and assisting Finance Director with improvements.
• Oversee payroll function within organization.
• Preparing and submitting annual budget and quarterly forecast for all (BIDs) business improvements Districts.
• Provide analysis and expertise to non-financial colleagues.

• Develop control and reporting processes for all cash activities ensuring full visibility for Group.
• Manage short-term cash forecasting, payments, and bank accounts, reporting on short- and medium-term outlooks, to manage progress against Liquidity Strategy.
• Forecast, review and control capital expenditure, providing insight into lease or buy decisions.
• Prepare investment appraisals/submissions for proposed capital expenditure.
• Review and prepare PAYE reconciliation and payment calculations.
• Own and develop compliance, control, and reporting of VAT for all sales and purchase ledger processes.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC self-billing regulations for both sales and sub-contract ledgers.
• Review and prepare payments (BACs/CHAPs).
• Responsible for balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring more challenging accounts are reconciled in timely manner.
• Assist with preparation of annual statutory accounts.
• Review preparation and submission of VAT returns to HMRC.
• Prepare and post journals into financial accounting system.
• Review, prepare and submit CIS returns to HMRC, subcontractor verifications and resolution of any subcontract ledger issues.
• Assistance with Monthly Management Accounts.
• Assist with pre-audit preparations and act as point of contact for Auditors.
• Liaison with external audit and assisting with audit requests.
• Performing Ad-hoc duties, managing treasury assistant and providing feedback.

Planning information, developing accounting policies and implementation of accounting standards.

Overall responsibility of full bookkeeping function of group & preparing day-to-day financial information reporting.

Compiling & Submitting Group VAT returns.

Weekly Bank and credit card reconciliation.

Managing Sales ledger and purchase ledger accounting records.

Balance sheet reconciliation and reviewing financial accounts variances to Finance director.

Preparation of Statutory financial year-end Accounts and working closely with external accountants.

Liaise with HMRC and manage year-end External Audit process requirement.

Updating and reviewing weekly cash flow management.

Posting journals for prepayments, accrued income and other month-end entries.

Support Finance director with reconciling year-end budgets and providing input on financial forecasts.

Processing of supplier invoices, allocating their payment runs and reconciling supplier accounts.

Managing fixed asset register and calculation of depreciation.

Processing Expenses claims, receipt/invoice posting and petty cash reconciliation.

Sales Invoices processing and follow-up.

Preparing year-end reconciliation of PAYE and issuing P11Ds.

Advise on Tax issues and dealing with HMRC investigation for VAT, CIS, Accounts and Corporation Tax.

Processing and reviewing Intra-company transactions.

Weekly Profit & Loss Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and reporting to Company Director.

Creating suppliers & posting suppliers invoices.

Setting up customers and raising Customers invoices.

Assisting in Payroll process and statutory submissions.

Assisting in performing Month end journals i.e. Payroll, accruals, prepayments and depreciation.

Proficient in use of Microsoft Excel with advance level skills in pivot tables, VLOOKUP's,

conditional formatting, validations, IF, Sum IF formulas etc.

Managing credit control tasks like chasing debts and allocation of payments raising credit/debit notes.

Assisting the timely and accurate preparation of financial statements.

• Responsible for Journal & receipt vouchers posting.
• Monthly Bank reconciliation & reviewing bank statements.
• Prepared Payroll sheet for Company's employees, following invoices, receipts & payment request.
• Reporting to finance manager & Accounts manager, dealing with external auditors.
• Petty cash handling and monthly petty cash expenses posting.
• Physical inspection of fixed assets and comparing list of fixed assets.
• Monthly inventory reconciliation and year-end closing inventory reconciliation.
• Year-end balance confirmation with suppliers & customers through balance confirmation letters.